Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Burkholderia pseudomallei in Unchlorinated Domestic Bore Water, Tropical Northern Australia

Mark Mayo, Mirjam Kaestli, Glenda Harrington, Allen C. Cheng, Linda Ward, Danuta Karp, Peter Jolly, Daniel Godoy, Brian G. Spratt, and Bart J. Currie

Author affiliations: Author affiliations: Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia (M. Mayo, M. Kaestli, G. Harrington, A.C. Cheng, L. Ward, B.J. Currie); Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin (L. Ward, B.J. Currie); Northern Territory Department of Natural Resources, Environment and the Arts, Darwin (D. Karp, P. Jolly); Imperial College, London, UK (D. Godoy, B.G. Spratt)

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Venn diagram of sequence types (STs) determined by multilocus sequence typing found in Burkholderia pseudomallei strains from bore water (n = 15 STs), human cases (n = 31 STs), and other environmental samples (n = 30 STs) from the rural region of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.

Figure. Venn diagram of sequence types (STs) determined by multilocus sequence typing found in Burkholderia pseudomallei strains from bore water (n = 15 STs), human cases (n = 31 STs), and other environmental samples (n = 30 STs) from the rural region of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.

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